11th International Emission Inventory Conference -
"Emission Inventories - Partnering for the Future"

Papers and Presentations
Atlanta, GA, April 15-18, 2002

Session 1 - State Experiences with Point Source Emission Data

West Virginia Point Source Emission Inventory - Two Steps Forward, One Step Back. J. E. Morgan, D. J. Porter, West Virginia Division of Air Quality.

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New York's Point Source Inventory, Merging Criteria and Hazardous Air Pollutant Inventories. R. Sliwinski, New York Department of Environmental Conservation.

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Virginia's Point Source Inventory System Experience - Transitiion from AFS to CEDS. T. Ballou, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.

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Session 2 - Emission Factors

Evaluation of the Transport and Deposition of Fugitive Dust Using Lidar. D. Fitz, R. Philbrick, D. Pankratz, G. Li, University of California, Riverside.

Methods for Quantifying Variability and Uncertainty in AP-42 Emission Factors: Case Studies for Natural Gas-Fueled Engines. H. C. Frey, S. Li, North Carolina State University.

Average Displaced Emission Rate (ADER). T. Kerr, R. Morgan, U.S. EPA; B Thapa, J. Haydel, ICF Consulting.

Session 3 - Fugitive Dust

The Effect of Vehicle Speed on Unpaved Road Emissions. G. E. Muleski, C. Cowherd, Jr., Midwest Research Institute.

Improved Activity Levels for National Emission Inventories of Fugitive Dust from Paved and Unpaved Roads. C. Cowherd, Jr., M. A. Grelinger, C. Kies, Midwest Research Institute; T. G. Pace, U.S. EPA

Measurement of PM10 Emission Factors from Paved Roads Using On-Board Particle Sensors. D. R. Fitz, C. Bufalino, University of California, Riverside.

Session 4 - Particulate Matter/Managed Burning

Emission Estimation Methods for Particulates: the CEPMEIP Emission Factor Database. T. Pulles, A. Visschedijk, TNO-MEP, The Netherlands.

Progress on Developing a Federal Reference PM Fine Source Test Method. R. Myers, U.S. EPA.

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Emissions Estimate from Forest Fires: methodology, software and European case studies. C. Trozzi, R. Vaccaro, E. Piscitello, Techne srl, Italy.

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A GIS-Based Methodology to Estimate Annual Valley-wide PM-10 Emissions for Clark County, Nevada. S. Pulugurtha, D. James, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

The Federal Highway Administration's Particulate Matter Research Program . K. N. Black Federal Highway Administration.

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Locating and Quantifying Fine Particle Matter Emissions Originated from Residential Wood Burning. J. Radke, D. Zhou, L. Mu, J. Xu, Geographical Information Science Center; Y.Q. Tian, P. Gong, Center for Assessment and Monitoring of Forest and Environmental Resources.

Potential of Polyethylene Oxide Solution as a Fugitive Dust Palliative. S. Bae, H. I. Inyang, Global Institute for Energy and Environment Systems (GIEES)

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Session 5 - Data Management

National Environmental Information Exchange Network - From Vision to Implementation . K. Dunne, The Environmental Council of the States; M. Shaffran, U.S. EPA.

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Web Services Implementation: The Beta Phase of EPA Network Nodes. C. Dwyer and C. Clark, U.S. EPA and M. Nobles Logistics Management Institute.

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The System of the German Emission Inventory. U. M. Döring, Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) Management; C. Schlenzig, U. Schellmann, Seven2One, Inc., Germany.

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Developing Internet-Based GIS Applications to Manage and Disseminate Emissions Activity Data. T. H. Funk, D. L. Coe, Sonoma Technology, Inc.

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Environmental Data Management, Analysis, and Compliance Systems - Rethinking the Creation and Use of Emissions Data by the Regulated Community. R. Emigh, Ph.D. and C. Prostko-Bell, Windsor Technologies, Inc.

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The Area Source Assessment Tool - A Software Application for Compiling Area Source Emission Inventories. S. Boone, E. H. Pechan & Associates, Inc.; S. P. Anderson, Texas National Resource Conservation Commission; T. Stoeckenius, ENVIRON Corporation.

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Session 6 - Greenhouse Gas

Technical Review of the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. R. Acosta, S. Pesmajoglou, J. Grabert, R. Lichte, Climate Change Secretariat, Germany.

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1990-2000 Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,. A. L. Yu, K. H. Cheung, Environmental Protection Department, Hong Kong.

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An Assessment of the Use of Inventories in Determining Global Anthropogenic Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions. E. Scheehle, W.N. Irving, and D. Kruger, US EPA.

California's Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Trends Over the Past Decade. A. Choate, R. Freed, M. Gibbs, ICF Consulting; D. Coe, N. Hyslop, Sonoma Technology, Inc.; G. Franco, California Energy Commission.

Development of Methodologies for Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electricity Generation for the California Climate Action Registry. L. Price, E. Worrell, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

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Development of a Consistent Methodology for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Oil and Gas Industry Operations. K. Ritter, American Petroleum Institute, M. Lev-On, BP p.l.c.; T Shires, URS Corporation.

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Development of a Corporate-wide Process for Estimating Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Oil and Gas Industry Operations. S. Nordrum, ChevronTexaco; A. Lee, ChevronTexaco Corporation.

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Methods for Improving Global Inventories of Black Carbon and Organic Carbon Particulates. W. Battye, EC/R Incorporated; T. G. Pace, U.S. EPA.

Poster Session

1990-2010 Area Source Emission Trends in the State of Texas A. Bollman, H. Chelf, R. Strait, E. H. Pechan & Associates, Inc.

1999 Tugboat fuel Consumption in the Seattle Area. K. Agyei, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency.

The System of the German Emission Inventory. U. M. Döring, C. Schlenzig, U. Schellmann, Seven2One, Inc., Germany.

Emission Inventory Reporting through EPA's Central Data Exchange: 2001 Reporting Period. L. Tooly, S. Dombrowski, C. Freeman, C. Clark, US EPA; R Chaudet, M. Nobles, Logistics Management Institute.

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Conducting High Quality Corporate-Wide Greenhouse Gas Inventories - Experiences of EPA and Climate Leaders Partner Companies. V. Camobreco, US EPA.

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Olympic Air Pollution Control Authority Air Toxics Emissions Inventory. J. T. Kelly, Olympic Air Pollution Control Authority.

Wind-Direction-Dependent Differences Between Model Calculations and Field Measurements as Indicator for Inaccuracies in Emission Inventories. J. A. vanAardeene, P. J. H. Builtjes, TNO Institute of Environmental Sciences; L. Hordijk, C. Kroeze, Wageningen University, M. P. J. Pulles, TNO Institute of Environmental Sciences, The Netherlands.

EstimatER, an expert system for emissions, M. P. J. Pulles, J. Skakala, J. Svetlik, M. Linek, TNO-MEP, The Netherlands.

An Analysis Is Only as Good as the Data on which it Is Based: EIA Electric Power Surveys and Their Quality Assurance Reviews. S. S. Rothschild, M. L. Cohen, E. H. Pechan & Assoc, Inc.

ControlNET Emissions Inventory and Control Technology Tool. Frank Divita, Leif Hockstad, and Patricia Horch, E.H. Pechan & Associates, Inc; L. Sorrels and B. Gilbert, U.S. EPA.

The Emission Inventory and Air Quality Home Page. F. Divita, M. Salhotra, P. Horch, E. H. Pechan & Associ, Inc; B. Gilbert, U. S. EPA.

Surrogate Selection within SMOKE to Obtain Realistic Spatially Resolved Mobile Source Emissions . Y. J. Choi, K. Yue, R. V. Calabrese, S. H. Ehrman, University of Maryland.

Greenhouse Gas Inventory Tools for States. R. Freed, S. Brown, A. Choate, ICF Consulting; A. Denny, U.S. EPA.

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Session 7 - Stationary Source Methodologies

Weekday/Weekend Activity Patterns for Residential and Small Commercial Area Sources in Los Angeles. D. Coe, P. Ryan, L. Chinkin, Sonoma Technology, Inc.

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Development of Revised Emission Estimates for Important VOC Area Sources in Texas. S. M. Roe, H. Chelf, M. Caldwell, R. P. Strait, E. H. Pechan & Associates, Inc; M. Torres, Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission.

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Lessons Learned in the Development of Regional Emission Estimates for Open Burning. K. B. Thesing, E.H. Pechan & Associates, Inc.

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Development of an Area and Mobile Sources Inventory for Reactive Chlorine Compounds in the Houston Metropolitan Area. S. P. Anderson, Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission; C. E. Burklin, J. T. Bursey, Eastern Research Group.

The Effect of Air Pollutant and Control Device Characteristics on Emission Rates. M. L. Hochhauser, Allegheny County Health Department, R. J. Betterton, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.

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Method for Development of Probabilistic Emission Inventories: Example Case Study for Utility NOx Emissions. H. C. Frey, J. Zheng, North Carolina State University.

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EPA's Area Source Emissions Model. R. P. Strait, & G. C. MacDonald, Pechan & Associates, Inc; T. G. Pace, U.S. EPA

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Session 8 - Regional Planning Organization

Assessment of Emissions Inventory Needs For Regional Haze Plans. S. Wierman, S. Kayin, Mid Atlantic Regional Air Management Association; B. H. Haneke, M. Saeger, Pacific Environmental Services, Inc.

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Preparation of a Base-Year Inventory for Application to Regional Haze in the West. L. Gribovicz, D. Schwehr, B. Ramirez, Western Regional Air Partnership; M. Saeger, Pacific Environmental Services, Inc.

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Efforts to Improve Spatial and Temporal Emissions Allocation Procedures. G. Stella, U.S. EPA; M. Saeger, Pacific Environmental Services, Inc.

New Approaches to PM Inventory Evaluation and Improvements. M. Janssen, LADCO

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Establishment of a Community Modeling and Analysis Support Mechanism. W. G. Benjey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and R. Imhoff, MCNC, Inc.

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A New Resource for International Emissions Inventory Development and Data Retrieval: A Proposal. B. L. Hemming, T. J. Keating, S. Falke, US EPA; M. Levy, G. Yetman, and B. Chen, Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University.

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Developing a National Emissions Inventory for Mexico Phase I: Planning. P. G. Fields, Eastern Research Group, Inc; R. Halvey, Western Governor's Association; W. B. Kuykendal, US EPA.

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Session 9a - Tribal Issues

Practical Workshop on Emission Inventory. K. C. Flores, Jr., Cortina Indian Rancheria.

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Assisting Tribes in Submitting Data to the National Emissions Inventory, Challenges and Successes. S. Kelly, V. Masayesva, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals; A. Allison, Tribal Air Monitoring Support Center.

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A Robinson Rancheria's Emissions Inventory: A Minor Inventory Leading to Major National Impacts. D. C. Jones, Robinson Rancheria.

Conducting an Emission Inventory for a Traditional Haudenasaunee Territory. L. S. Printup, Tuscarora Environment Program.

Session 9b - Mobile Sources

Modeling Issues

EPA's Plan for MOVES: A Comprehensive Mobile Source Emissions Model. J. Koupal, H. Michaels, M. Cumberworth, C. Bailey, D. Brzezinksi, U.S. EPA.

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An Object-Oriented Design for a New Generation Model for Mobile Source Emissions. A. Eyth, K. Hanisak, P. Pai, C. Seppanen, MCNC.

On-Road Issues

The Use of MOBILE6 in Preparing National Onroad Emission Inventories. M. A. Mullen, E. H. Pechan and Associates; L. Driver, U.S. EPA.

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Sensitivity Testing of MOBILE6, the US EPA's Most Recent Edition of It's Emissions Estimator for Gasoline and Diesel Powered Roadway Vehicles. R. A. Giannelli, J. H. Gilmore, S. Srivastava, M. Beardsley, D. Brzezinski, G. Dolce, J. Koupal, J. Pedelty, U.S. EPA.

Use of On-Board Tailpipe Emissions Measurements for Development of Mobile Source Emission Factors. H. C. Frey, A. Unal, North Carolina State University.

The California Department of Transportation/Air Resources Board Modeling Program (CAMP): New Research to Improve Speed Correction Factors and Mobile Source Emissions Modeling. D. Eisinger, D. Niemeier, T. Kear, University of California, Davis.

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Evaluation of On-Road Emissions from Transit Buses During Revenue Service, D. Lambert, P. J. Wilson, M. Vojtisek-Lom, Clean Air Technologies, Inc.

Non-Road Issues

Quantification of Variability and Uncertainty for Selected Nonroad Mobile Source Emission Factors. H. C. Frey, S. Bammi, North Carolina State University.

Use of GIS Data for Allocating Aircraft, Rail, and Commercial Marine Vessels Emissions to the County Level. R. Billings, A. Langmaid, R. Mongero, Eastern Research Group; L. Driver, C. Scarbro, US EPA.

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Session 10 - Emission Inventory Preparation for Modeling

The Climate-Air Quality Scale Continuum and the Global Emission Inventory Acitivity. P. Middleton, RAND Corporation, Inc., W. G. Benjey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Projection of Future Years Emissions from Base-Year Toxics Emissions Inventory. R. Mason, DynTel Corporation; M. Strum, U.S. EPA, D. Lindermann, EC/R Incorporated; J. S. Touma, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Emission Inventory and Emission Factor Projections for Modeling Air Pollution in the CAM (Spain). J. Lumbreras, M. J. Sanchez, G. Urquiza and M. Encarnación Rodríguez, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid -SPAIN.

Emission Model for Industrial Sources (EMIS). N. M. Wolfe, ENSCO, Inc.

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Developing Spatial Surrogates for Modeling Applications. J. W. Boulton, K. Siriunas, M. Lepage, S. Schill, Rowan Williams Davies and Irwin, Inc.

Developing a Statewide Emission Inventory System Using Geographic Information System (GIS). P. Gaffney, California Air Resources Board.

The Implementation of BEIS3 within the SMOKE Modeling Framework. J. M. Vukovich, MCNC-Environmental Programs; T. Pierce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The Impacts of Biogenic Emissions Estimates from BEIS-3 on Ozone Modeling in the Southeastern US. S. Arunachalam, Z. Adelman, R. Mathur, J. Vukovich, MCNC-Environmental Programs.

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Session 11 - Inventory Validation/Quality Assurance

Uncertainty in Emission Inventories: What Do We Mean and How Could We Assess It?. J. A. van Aardenne, M. P. J. Pulles, TNO Institute of Environmental Sciences, THE NETHERLANDS.

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A NIF-Based Validation/QA Database Management System for the Tennessee Emission Inventory J. S. Fu, W. T. Davis, T. L. Miller, C. H. Norman, University of Tennessee.

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A Demonstration of the Quality Assurance (QA) Software Specifically Developed for the National Emission Inventory (NEI). R. Thompson, US EPA.

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Incorporation of State, Local, and Tribal Emission Inventory Data into the 1999 National Emission Inventory. R. Strait, E. H. Pechan & Associates, Inc.; R. Huntley, US EPA.

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QC/QA - An Integral Step in the Development of the 1999 National Emissions Inventory for HAPs. A. Pope, U.S. EPA, D. Wilson, S. Finn, Eastern Research Group, J. Oh, North Carolina State University.

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Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission Quality Assurance and Quality Control Plan in the Preparation. M. Torres, B. Limsakul, D. Preusse, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.

Use of GIS and GPS as a Quality Assurance Tool Emisison Inventory. A. Alexis, California Air Resources Board.

Session 12 - Ammonia & Agricultural Issues

Ammonia Emissions and Fertilizer Applications in California's Central Valley. C. Krauter, D. Goorahoo, S. Klooster, California State University; C. Potter, S. Klooster, NASA Ames Research Center.

Development of a Gridded Ammonia Emission Inventory for the San Joaquin Valley of California. G. E. Mansell, ENVIRON International Corporation; S. M. Roe, E. H. Pechan & Associates, Inc.

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Development of a Methane Conversion Factor to Estimate Emissions from Animal Waste Lagoons. J. Mangino, U.S. EPA; D. Bartram, A. Brazy, Eastern Research Group, Inc.

Non-Point Source Ammonia Emissions in Texas: Estimation Methods, Pitfalls, Corrections, and Comparisons. S. P. Anderson, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission; R. L. Corsi, J. Banks, K. Kinny, M. G. Sawar, University of Texas.

Modeling and Processing Ammonia Emissions for PM Studies in the Lower Fraser Valley. É. Giroux, H. Roth, D. Yin, W. Jiang, National Research Council of CANADA.

Session 13 - Air Toxics

The Development of the 1999 National Toxics Inventory. A. Pope, U.S. EPA; R. Billings, S. Finn, D. Wilson, Eastern Research Group, Inc.

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Colorado Study of the Contribution of Diesel Particulate Matter Emissions from Construction Equipment. L. Silva, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

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Air Toxics Emission Inventories and Monitoring in Hillsborough County, Florida. L. Shelton, Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County.

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NATA: What South Carolina Learned As Related to Emissions Inventories L. S. Barnes, R. B. Thompson, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.

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Air Emissions from Carpet Manufacturing Processes. J. Mulholland, M. C. Pitrolo, R. Bissram, S. Patury, C. W. Bayer, R. J. Hendry, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Quantification of Uncertainty and Variability for Censored Data Sets in Air Toxics. H. C. Frey, Y. Zhao, North Carolina State University.

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11th International Emission Inventory Conference - "Emission Inventories - Partnering for the Future"